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Questions Remain About Performance Of Liquid-Prep Paps
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 9 – June 19, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: During the past five years, several companies entered the lab marketplace with claims that their new Pap test technologies are improvements over conventional Pap smear methods. Armed with investment capital from Wall Street, these companies launched aggressive sales and marke…
“February 22, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 3 – February 22, 1999 Issue
Here’s more validation that laboratories can use information links to doctors’ offices as added value. A recent survey of hospital CIOs was completed by PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Zinn Enterprises and Modern Healthcare Weekly. It revealed that the number on…
DIANON Wins Contract, Buys Kyto Meridien Lab
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 1 – January 11, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY:Anatomic pathology took another forward step on the managed care battleground. DIANON Systems, Inc. gained status as a provider of anatomic pathology services under the new master agreement announced by Oxford Health Plans. DIANON’s success demonstrates that anatomic patholo…
“February 9, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 2 – February 9, 1998 Issue
Brian Carr and Haywood Cochrane’s Pathology Consultants of America (PCA) is wasting no time. On January 19 the Nashville-based company announced the formal launch of operations. (See TDR, January 19, 1998.) This was followed by another announcement 15 days later that PCA h…
AmeriPath To Go Public, Files SEC Registration
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 2 – January 27, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: AmeriPath’s Initial Public Offering will make it the first publicly traded physician practice management company specializing in pathology. It represents a unique attempt to restructure traditional pathology practices to meet the needs of managed healthcare organizations….
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